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Phage Phenomics: Physiological Approaches to Characterize Novel Viral Proteins
Published on: June 11, 2015
Genome Sequence of the Gordonia rubripertincta Phage Yucky (Cluster CT)
Caitlin Carter1, Paxton R Evitts1, Cheyenne Helton1
1School of Natural Sciences, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN, US.
Abstract:
Novel bacteriophage Yucky infects Gordonia rubripertincta , a bacterium known for its bioremediation potential. Phage particles have a siphovirus morphology and form 1.2 mm ± 0.5 mm-wide plaques (n=10). The genome of Yucky is 47,803 bp in length and encodes 74 protein-coding genes. The phage was assigned to cluster CT based on gene content similarity of at least 35% to actinobacteriophages. Thirty-nine gene products have putative functions, including genes involved in lysis, such as two lysin A domain genes as well as a lysin B gene.
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